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vetchling
[ vech-ling ]
noun
- any of several slender, climbing plants belonging to the genus Lathyrus, of the legume family, similar to the vetch but having a winged or angular stem, as L. palustris, of North America.
vetchling
/ ˈvɛtʃlɪŋ /
noun
- any of various leguminous tendril-climbing plants of the genus Lathyrus, esp L. pratensis ( meadow vetchling ), mainly of N temperate regions, having winged or angled stems and showy flowers See also sweet pea
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Example Sentences
On slender stalks the yellow vetchling blooms, reaching ambitiously as tall as the lowest of the brambles.
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The yellow vetchling had climbed up from the ditch and opened its flower, and there were young nuts on the hazel bough.
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This tendril curls round the stem of plants that are stronger than the Meadow Vetchling, and they support it.
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